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Literature Terms Jr
Literary & Vocabulary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Journal | An individual's day-by-day account of events. |
| Myth | A traditional story often talking of immortal beings that are passed down from generation to generation. |
| Origin Myth | A myth about where they came from. |
| Exploration Narrative | Firsthand accounts that tell the story of their experiences. |
| Slave Narrative | Autobiographical account of life as a slave. |
| Historical Narrative | Narrative accounts that record significant historical events. |
| Puritan Plain Style | Short words, direct statement, and references to ordinary, everyday objects. |
| Sermon | Speech given from a pulpit from a house of worhsip |
| Lyric Poetry | A melodic poem that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker. |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else. |
| Exquisite | Very beautiful; delicate; carefully wrought |
| deliberation | careful consideration |
| feigned | pretended; faked |
| Subsisted | remained alive; were substained |
| Loathsome | hateful; detestable |
| Avarice | greed for riches; greedy |
| Copious | plentiful; abundant |
| Improvident | shortsighted; failing to provide for the future |
| Pestilence | likely to cause disease |
| Sundry | various; different |
| Recompense | reward; repayment |
| Omnipotent | all-powerful |
| Dolorous | sad; mournful |
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